JPH0613158Y2 - Card transport mechanism - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the device] "Industrial application field" This device is a card used for coupons, tickets, commuter passes, etc. used for fare collection of trains, buses, etc., or a card used for purchasing goods Or, it relates to a card carrying mechanism for carrying a card for processing a card used for various data processing.

"Prior Art" In this type of card transport mechanism, it is conceivable to reciprocally move a bet on a rail and hold the card on the bet to transport the card. In that case, the card will not be properly processed unless it is held in place on the bet. It is conceivable that a leaf spring is provided on the bed to hold the card on the bed, and the card is sandwiched between the leaf spring and the bed. However, in such a case, it is difficult to smoothly insert a so-called weak card between the bed and the leaf spring, and the spring force of the leaf spring becomes weak during use,
Reliable retention becomes difficult.

[Means for Solving the Problems] According to the present invention, the holders are slidably held on both sides of the bed, and the holders are pressed against the bed by springs to engage the holders to form a pair. Is pivotally supported on the side surface of the bed, and the pair of levers are connected by a connecting plate to form a card transfer body. The card transfer body is guided by a slide rail, covers a sliding stroke of the card transfer body, and a long drive lever that is engageable in the direction to rotate the lever is pivotally supported on the substrate, and the drive lever is a solenoid. It is connected.

When the solenoid is energized, the drive lever rotates and the lever is driven by the drive lever, and the lever moves the holder upwards against the biasing force of the spring. A space is formed in the. In this state, insert the card in that interval and release the solenoid bias,
The spring causes the holder to lower and the holder to press the card onto the bed.

[Example] Hereinafter, a case where the present invention is applied to a card issuing device will be described.

Card supply mechanisms 11 and 12 for feeding cards one by one are provided in parallel. A card transport mechanism 13 is provided in contact with the card sending ends of the card supply mechanisms 11 and 12. The card transport mechanism 13 places the bet 1 on the sliding rail 14.
5 slides, and the bet 15 holds the card 16 thereon and is movable substantially at right angles to the card feeding direction from the card supply mechanisms 11 and 12. Card supply mechanism 1
2 is mechanically similar to 11, and is used for the cards to be sent out having different materials and thicknesses, for example. Therefore, the card supply mechanism is not limited to this example, and one or a plurality of card supply mechanisms may be provided in parallel depending on the type of card to be issued. Therefore, only the card supply mechanism 11 will be described below in the description of this embodiment. A writing / reading mechanism 17 is provided in parallel with the card feeding mechanism 11 in contact with the card transport mechanism 13. In the writing / reading mechanism 17, the card transport mechanism 1
Information is magnetically written to the card sent from the card 3, and is read and confirmed. If the card is judged to be not normal by this confirmation, the scrap card storage unit 18 is provided so as to sandwich the card transport mechanism 13 with the writing / reading mechanism 17.
It is stored inside. A printing mechanism 19 is provided on the card transport mechanism 13 between the card supply mechanism 11 and the writing / reading mechanism 17, so that the card on the bet 15 can be printed. A card transfer mechanism 21 is provided for transferring the card from the card supply mechanism 11 onto the bet 15 and transferring the card on the bet 15 to the writing / reading mechanism 17.

Cards 16 sent out one by one from the card supply mechanism 11
Is guided to a predetermined position on the bed 15 of the card transport mechanism 13 by the card transfer mechanism 21. The bet 15 is moved to the writing / reading mechanism 17 side, and the printing mechanism 1
While passing 9, the card 16 will be filled with certain letters, numbers, symbols, etc.
Is printed against. The bet 15 has a writing / reading mechanism 17
When the card 16 ′ on the bet 15 is moved to the position, the card transfer mechanism 21 transfers the card 16 ′ to the write / read mechanism 17. The writing / reading mechanism 17 magnetically writes information to the card, and when it is confirmed that the information has been written correctly, the writing / reading mechanism 17 transfers the card to a card issuing slot,
If the writing is incomplete, the card is transferred back and stored in the scrap ticket storage unit 18.

Card Supply Mechanism 11 As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the card supply mechanism 11 stores cards 16 stacked in a card storage section 23, and a weight 24 is placed on top of the cards 16 to send out the cards 16. The roller 25 is pressed against the roller 25 with a constant pressing force.
The lowermost card 16 delivered by the delivery roller 25 passes between the spine cutting roller 26 and the spine cutting plate 27. The gap between the spine-cutting roller 26 and the spine-cutting plate 27 is made slightly wider than the thickness of the card 16 to prevent two cards from being sent out. Back-cutting roller 26 and back-cutting plate 27
The one card that passed between the rollers passed through the passage 28 and the rollers 31, 3
It is sandwiched by 2 and sent. The rotational force of the delivery motor 33 is transmitted to the rollers 25, 26, 31 via the belt,
The card 16 is sent out. The feeding roller 25 is eccentric as shown in the figure, and the cards 16 are intermittently fed one by one. A delivery detection sensor 34 for detecting the delivered card 16 is provided at the delivery end of the card supply mechanism 11.

Card Transfer Mechanism 21 In the card transfer mechanism 21, a card transfer motor 35 is provided on the opposite side of the card transfer mechanism 13 with respect to the card transfer mechanism 13, and the belt 3 is attached to the rotation shaft of the card transfer motor 35.
6, the belt 36 is hung on the relay shaft 37. The relay shaft 37 is provided in parallel with the rail 14 of the card transport mechanism 13. A roller shaft 38 is provided near the sending end of the card supply mechanism 11, and the relay shaft 37 and the roller shaft 3 are provided.
A belt 39 is stretched over the belt 8. The belt 39 and the roller shaft 38 are connected via a clutch 41, and a roller 42 is attached to the roller shaft 38. Clutch 4
When 1 is on, the rotation of the card transfer motor 35 is transmitted to the roller 42 via the belts 36 and 39 and the clutch 41. When the clutch 41 is off, the rotation to the roller shaft 38 is not transmitted and the belt 39 idles. To do.

Corresponding to the card supply mechanism 11 and the writing / reading mechanism 17,
Supporting plates 43 are provided so as to sandwich the card transport mechanism 13, these supporting plates 43 are perpendicular to the relay shaft 37, and the relay shaft 37 is inserted and held. The intermediate shaft 44 is attached to the support plate 43.
The arm 45 is held rotatably around the
A transfer roller 46 is rotatably attached to an end of the belt, a belt 47 is stretched between the transfer roller 46 and the intermediate shaft 44, and a belt 48 is stretched between the intermediate shaft 44 and the relay shaft 37.
Therefore, the rotation of the card transfer motor 35 causes the belts 48 and 47 to rotate.
Is transmitted to the transfer roller 46 via. The other end of the arm 45 is connected to the plunger of the transfer solenoid 49 supported by the support plate 43, and when the solenoid 49 is energized,
The arm 45 rotates in the counterclockwise direction in FIG. 2, and the transfer roller 46 comes into rolling contact with the feed roller 51 in the bed.
A return spring 52 is attached between the arm 45 and the support plate 43, and a constant gap is normally provided between the rollers 46 and 51. A roller 53 is masculinely in contact with the roller 42.

When the card 16 is delivered from the card supply mechanism 11, the end of the card 16 is sandwiched between the rollers 42 and 53. At this time, when the clutch 41 is turned on, the roller 42 is rotated and the card 16 is placed in the bet 15. The card 16 is sent to the upper side, the solenoid 49 is further energized, the card 16 is sandwiched between the rollers 46 and 51, moves on the bed 15, and is sent to a predetermined position. It is detected by the sensors 54 and 55 that the toner has been sent to this predetermined position.

Card Transport Mechanism 13 The slide rail 14 is mounted on the substrate 56, the slide body 57 is slidably arranged on the slide rail 14, and the bed 15 is fixed on the slide body 57. Bed 15 and conveyor belt 5
8 is fixed, and the conveyor belt 58 is stretched between the pulleys 61 and 62 provided near both ends of the rail 14. The pulley 62 is driven by the carry motor 63, and the carry motor 6
The reciprocating rotation of 3 causes the bed 15 to pass through the conveyor belt 58.
Moves back and forth on the sliding rail 14. Sensors 64, 65, 66 for controlling the stop position of the bet are provided, and the sensors 64, 65, 66 are the card supply mechanism 11 and the printing mechanism 1.
9, the position corresponding to the writing / reading mechanism 17, respectively.

Card holding mechanism While the card is being conveyed by the bet 15, printing is performed on the card 16 at the position of the printing mechanism 19, but if the card 16 is not held at a predetermined position on the bet 15, problems such as print misalignment occur. For this reason, the bet 15 is provided with a card holding mechanism. As shown in FIGS. 3, 4, and 8, holders 67 and 68 are vertically movable on both side surfaces of the bed 15. The holders 67, 68 are biased upward by a coil spring 69 as shown in FIG.
The upper edge of the bed 8 can hold the upper edge of the bed 15. The levers 73 and 74 are rotatably held by the support shafts 71 and 72 fixed to the belt 15 (FIG. 6), and the holders 67 and 68 are rotatably connected to one ends of the levers 73 and 74 (see FIG. 7), the other ends of the levers 73 and 74 are connected by a connecting plate 75. When a force in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 3 is applied to the lower end of the lever 73, the levers 73 and 74 rotate counterclockwise in the figure, and the holders 67 and 68 move upward against the biasing force of the spring 69. Thus, a gap 76 is formed between the upper edges of the holders 67, 68 and the upper surface of the bed 15. When moving the card 16 onto the bet 15, there is a gap 7
6 is provided, and when the card 16 reaches a predetermined position of the bet 15, the force on the lever 73 is released to release the spring 69.
As a result, both side edges of the card 16 are pressed onto the bed 15 by the holders 67 and 68.

A drive lever 77 is arranged along the moving direction of the bed 15 as shown in FIG. 8 so that the bed 73 can be driven regardless of the position of the bed 15, and the drive lever 77 has a support shaft 78. It is rotatably held around
One side of the drive lever 77 faces the moving position of the lower portion of the lever 73. The other side of the support shaft 78 of the drive lever 77 is connected to a plunger of a release solenoid 79 fixed to the substrate 56. When the release solenoid 79 is biased, the drive lever 77 rotates clockwise in FIG. 3, and the lower end of the lever 73 is driven by the drive lever 77 in the arrow direction.

Writing / reading mechanism 17 In FIG. 1, the card 1 transferred from the card transport mechanism 13 to the writing / reading mechanism 17 by the card transfer mechanism 21.
6 is guided by the guide plates 81 and 82, and the guide plate 8
It is transported by the transport mechanism 83 held between the first and second parts. The transport mechanism 83 is driven by a motor 84. The magnetic writing and the reading of the transferred card 16 are performed by a magnetic head 85, and the card 16 is elastically pressed against the magnetic head 85 by a pinch roller 86. Sensors 87, 88 for detecting the position of the card 16,
89 and 90 are provided. Guide piece 91 for card entry and exit
Will be guided in. The card confirmed as correct is sent out from the ticket issuing port 92.

Abandoned ticket storage unit 18 When the writing / reading mechanism 17 confirms that the card 16 is not normal, the motor 84 is rotated in the reverse direction, and the card 16 is sent to the bet 15 of the card carrying mechanism 13 by the carrying mechanism 83, and then on the bet 15. The card is sent by the card transfer mechanism 21 to the scrap ticket storage 18 side. As shown in FIG. 9, the card sent to the scrap ticket storage section 18 is sent while being sandwiched between the roller 93 and the pressing roller 94 on the relay shaft 37, and the guide plate 9
5 and is stored in the scrap ticket storage box 96. A sensor 97 is provided to detect passage of a scrapped ticket.

Control Unit The control unit 98 (FIG. 2) controls the card supply mechanism 11, the card transport mechanism 13, the writing / reading mechanism 17, the waste ticket storage unit 18, the printing mechanism 19, and the card transfer mechanism 21.
Done by.

Operation Next, the operation of the apparatus described above will be described with reference to FIG. When the ticket issuing signal is generated, the delivery motor 33 is activated (S ₁ ), and one card 16 is delivered from the card storage unit 23 (S ₂ ). When the delivery detection sensor 34 is turned on by the card 16 (S ₃ ), the delivery motor 33 is stopped after a fixed time (S ₄ ). Next, the clutch 41 is turned on (S ₅ ), the transfer solenoid 49 is turned on (S ₆ ), the release solenoid 79 is turned on (S ₇ ),
A space 76 is opened between the bed 15 and the holders 67, 68, the transfer motor 35 is rotated (S ₈ ), and the rollers 38,
46 rotates and the card 16 is sent onto the bet 15 (S ₉ ).

When the card 16 reaches a predetermined position on the bet 15 and the card positioning sensor 54 is turned on (S ₁₀ ), the transfer motor 35 is stopped (S ₁₁ ), the release solenoid 79 is turned off (S ₁₂ ), and the holder is held. At 67 and 68, the card 16 is pressed onto the bed 15, the transfer solenoid 49 is turned off (S ₁₃ ), and the clutch 41 is turned off (S ₁₄ ). Next, the transport motor 63 is activated (S ₁₅ ), the bed 15 moves on the slide rail 14 (S ₁₆ ), and the sensor 65 is turned on (S ₁₇ ), the printing mechanism 19 is driven and the bed 15 is placed on the bed 15. Predetermined printing is performed on the card 16 (S ₁₈ ). The printing is performed while the bet 15 is moving, and when the printing is finished, the bet 15 is further moved (S ₁₉ ), and when the sensor 66 is turned on (S ₂₀ ), the carry motor 63 is stopped (S ₂₁ ).

The transfer solenoid 49 is turned on (S ₂₂ ), the release solenoid 79 is turned on (S ₂₃ ), the transfer motor 35 is reversed (S ₂₄ ), and the card 16 on the bet 15 is therefore turned on.
Moves to the writing / reading mechanism 17 side (S ₂₅ ), and when the sensor 87 is turned on (S ₂₆ ), the motor 84 is normally rotated (S ₂₇ ), the card 16 is further moved (S ₂₈ ), and the sensor 88 is turned on. When the sensor 89 is turned on (S ₂₉ ), and the sensor 89 is turned on (S ₃₀ ), the magnetic writing by the magnetic head 85 is started for the card 16 (S ₃₁ ), and when the sensor 88 is turned off (S ₃₂ ), the magnetic force for the card is detected. Writing is completed (S ₃₃ ), the motor 84 is reversely rotated (S ₃₄ ), the card 16 is transferred to the card transport mechanism 13 side (S ₃₅ ), and the sensor 88 is turned on (S ₃₆ ). Magnetic reading is performed on the previously written information (S ₃₇ ). The read information and the previously written information are confirmed (S ₃₈ ). If the confirmation is normal, the sensor 88 is turned off (S ₃₉ ), the motor 84 is normally rotated (S ₃₈ ).
₄₀ ), the card 16 moves in the direction opposite to the card transport mechanism 13 (S ₄₁ ), and the sensor 90 is turned on (S ₄₂ ).

When the ticket port 92 withdraw the card 16 _{(S 43),} the sensor 90 is turned off _{(S 44),} the motor 84 is stopped _(S 45). The released sorenoid 79 is turned off (S ₄₆ ), the transfer solenoid 49 is also turned off (S ₄₇ ), the carry motor 63 is reversely rotated (S ₄₈ ), and the bet 15 moves to the card supply mechanism 11 side (S ₄₉ ). . When the sensor 64 is turned on (S ₅₀ ), the carry motor 63 is stopped (S ₅₁ ), and the bet 15 faces the card supply mechanism 11.

If the check in step S ₃₈ is defective feed motor 35 is rotated forward (S _52), the card writing reading mechanism 17 is moved on the bet 15, it is further moved to the waste bill portion 18 side ( _S53 ). Motor 97 when sensor 97 is on
4 is stopped (S ₅₄ ), and the sensor 97 is turned off (S ₅₄ ).
_As a result, it is confirmed that the defective card has been stored in the scrap ticket storage box 96 (S ₅₆ ), and the transfer motor 35 is stopped (S ₅₇ ). Turning now to step _{S 46.}

By inserting the card backward from the ticket issuing slot 92 and turning on the sensor 90, it is possible to magnetically process the card inserted from the outside, print it, and issue the card.

"Effect of Device" As described above, the card transfer mechanism of this device allows the card 16 to be held and transferred on the bed 15. In that case, when the release solenoid 79 is urged, the drive lever 77 is rotated and the levers 73 and 74 are rotated to rotate the holder 6
A space is formed between the upper edges of the 7, 68 and the upper surface of the bed 15, and the card 16 can be easily inserted into this space, and when the release solenoid 79 is deenergized, it is held by the spring 69. The tools 67 and 68 bet the card 16 15
Hold it up and hold its position securely. Drive lever 7
Since 7 is provided along the sliding rail 14, the card 1 can be placed at any position of the sliding rail 14 with the bet 15.
6 can be held on the bet 15 and the holding can be released. With such a structure, even a so-called weak card 16 can reliably hold the card, and even if it is repeatedly used, there is no fear that the card will become unstable.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an example of a card issuing device to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a front view of a bet 15 portion, and FIG. 4 is FIG. 5 is a right side view of FIG. 5, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 3, FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 3, FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line DD of FIG. 3, and FIG.
FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the drawing, FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the waste ticket storage unit 18 in FIG. 1, and FIG. 10 is a flow chart showing an operation example of the apparatus of FIG.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A holder which is slidably held up and down on both sides of a bed and is pressed against the upper surface of the bed by a spring, and a pair of left and right levers engaged with the holder and pivotally supported on the side surfaces of the bed. And a card transfer body having a connecting plate for connecting the pair of levers, a slide rail for guiding the card transfer body, and a card supported on a substrate fixing the slide rail. A card transport mechanism that is capable of covering a sliding stroke of a body and is composed of the above-mentioned lever, an elongated drive lever that can be engaged in a direction to rotate the lever, and a solenoid connected to the drive lever.